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'''GENTLE ANNIE'''. American, Air (whole time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song written and composed in 1856 by American songwriter Stephen Foster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster] (1826-1864) that entered instrumental tradition in America and abroad. Foster was the youngest son of a large Scots-Irish family from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, and the melody may or may not have Irish ancestry. One source, West Virginia fiddler Oscar Wright, learned it from his mother, never knew it was originally a song. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune among those entered into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection (2nd ms., no. 21) of fiddler [[biography:Francis Reynolds]], of Gaigue, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland. | '''GENTLE ANNIE'''. American, Air (whole time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song written and composed in 1856 by American songwriter Stephen Foster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster] (1826-1864) that entered instrumental tradition in America and abroad. Foster was the youngest son of a large Scots-Irish family from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, and the melody may or may not have Irish ancestry ("I won't see you anymore my dear" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyBchgqycM], recorded by Derry fiddler Eugene O'Donnell in 1978 is a similar melody. One source, West Virginia fiddler Oscar Wright, learned it from his mother, never knew it was originally a song. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune among those entered into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection (2nd ms., no. 21) of fiddler [[biography:Francis Reynolds]], of Gaigue, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland. | ||
[[File:foster.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Stephen Foster]] There is speculation about the identity of 'Annie'--Foster's cousin, a friend, a grandmother--but no firm conclusion. | [[File:foster.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Stephen Foster]] There is speculation about the identity of 'Annie'--Foster's cousin, a friend, a grandmother--but no firm conclusion. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 0089, Oscar & Eugene Wright - "Old Time Fiddle and Guitar Music from West Virginia."</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 0089, Oscar & Eugene Wright - "Old Time Fiddle and Guitar Music from West Virginia."</font> | ||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g02.htm#Genan]<br> | |||
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GENTLE ANNIE. American, Air (whole time). USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A song written and composed in 1856 by American songwriter Stephen Foster [1] (1826-1864) that entered instrumental tradition in America and abroad. Foster was the youngest son of a large Scots-Irish family from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, and the melody may or may not have Irish ancestry ("I won't see you anymore my dear" [2], recorded by Derry fiddler Eugene O'Donnell in 1978 is a similar melody. One source, West Virginia fiddler Oscar Wright, learned it from his mother, never knew it was originally a song. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune among those entered into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection (2nd ms., no. 21) of fiddler biography:Francis Reynolds, of Gaigue, Ballinamuck, County Longford, Ireland.
There is speculation about the identity of 'Annie'--Foster's cousin, a friend, a grandmother--but no firm conclusion.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Rounder 0089, Oscar & Eugene Wright - "Old Time Fiddle and Guitar Music from West Virginia."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]